A South Korean truck returns after being rejected to enter the joint industrial complex at the DPRK's border town of Kaesong, in Paju, Gyeonggi province of South Korea, April 3, 2013. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) banned South Korean workers' entrance to the joint industrial complex at the DPRK's border town of Kaesong, only allowing the workers to leave Kaesong for Seoul, the Unification Ministry said on Wednesday. [Xinhua]

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) required that all South Korean workers should leave the joint industrial park at the DPRK's border town of Kaesong by April 10, Yonhap News Agency reported on Thursday.

According to the reports, the DPRK urged the association of South Korean companies to pull out from the industrial complex by next Wednesday.

The spokesperson's office at the Ministry of Unification said the report has yet to be confirmed, and has not received any formal notification so far.